by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Patients in Peril
Forced to Flee: A 10-Year-Old’s Journey for Care Out of State A 10-year-old boy from Roswell, NM, showed signs of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The condition, if left untreated, could cause lifelong disability. His doctor acted quickly and referred him to a pediatric...
by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Patients in Peril
Preventable Amputation: A Nurse Practitioner’s Story of Loss In rural New Mexico, a hardworking rancher lived with undiagnosed hypertension and diabetes. Like so many others, he couldn’t find a primary care provider. Long waits and limited access led him to delay...
by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Patients in Peril
The Price of Delay: A Doctor’s Battle to Save a Patient’s Foot In May 2023, a patient walked into a New Mexico clinic in agony—pain radiating down his leg, a 10 out of 10. His doctor knew right away: this was serious. He had profound foot drop and neurological...
